Professional Overview

Museum Planner/ Senior 3D Designer, Ralph Applebaum Associates, NY. 2005-2020

  • Project Director; Led Exhibition design team, project delivery, budgets, and consultants for the American Museum of Natural History Gilder Center for Science and Education and Hall of Gems and Minerals, NY | American Indian Cultural Center and Museum, OK | Alexander Hamilton Visitor Center, NJ | Cherokee National Capitol Museum, OK | Royal Alberta Museum, Natural History/Human History Halls, AB 

  • Senior 3D Designer and Project Manager for the African American Museum of History & Culture, DC |  ILMI World of Science, Saudi Arabia | Natural History Museum of Utah, UT | Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center, AK 

Senior Exhibition Designer, Project Manager, Imrey Culbert LLC, NY. 2003-2005

  • Developing and detailing exhibitions for First American Art; the Diker Collection of Native American Art, NMAI, NY | Contemporary Galleries at Smithsonian American Art Museum, DC | Modigliani: Beyond the Myth; Jewish Museum, NY | Tomatsu: Skin of the Nation and an Enduring Vision; Japan Society, NY. 

Architectural Interiors/ Exhibit Design, Pompei AD; Curtis & Ginsberg Architects, NY. 2001 - 2003

  • Design and development of exhibits and retail projects:  Staten Island Reptile Wing, NY; with Curtis Ginsberg Architects, NY | California Academy of Sciences, CA; with Pompei AD, NY  

Exhibit Designer, THinc Design, NY. 1997- 2000

  • Design and detailing for Earth Science Museum, Sea Research, institutional/residential projects, education, and technology. Dynamics of the Earth, National Museum of Natural History, Netherlands | Mystic Aquarium Sea, Institute for Exploration, CT. | Temporary exhibits for AT&T and IBM about technology and education.

Architectural Designer, Atelier Raimund Abraham/ Donovan & Green Inc/ Davis & Maltz Architects, NY/ Schoffauer, Schrom, Tschapeller Studio; Vienna, Austria

  • Design and detailing for institutional and residential projects. 

Education, Community Leadership and Relevant Experience

Bachelor Of Architecture, class of ‘91, Cornell University

  • Community Mapping workshop facilitator at NYC public elementary schools with Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment.

  • Media Workshops, Environmental Education with More Gardens Collective; Paper Tiger TV; Educational Video Center; Times Up NYC; and Green Map Systems.

  • Guest Architectural Design critic at University of Pennsylvania.

  • Co-Presenter Sharing our Heritage: Smithsonian Collections and Indigenous Community Collaboration in Alaska, American Alliance of Museums conference.